Investigations continued today into the origins of social media threats made against a high school campus, possibly in the Banning Unified School District. The online threats to perpetrate an act of violence were spotted late Saturday night and reported to the Banning Police Department, according to Lt. Brandon Smith. “The threat … (was) made against
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A Beaumont man accused of causing the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter, whose remains were found in an apartment with him and the woman after they had overdosed on drugs, must stand trial for murder and other charges, a judge ruled on Friday. Tyler Lawrence Finley, 28, was arrested in 2020 following a Beaumont
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 17-year-old from Cathedral City accused of a school violence threat posted online. The investigation began Wednesday evening. Deputies received a report a report of school violence threats posted online against Rancho Mirage High School, the Sheriff’s Office announced Friday. RSO investigators worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
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Three boys who allegedly ignited a 600-acre wildfire while playing with fireworks that destroyed seven Riverside homes are facing more than two dozen felony arson-related charges, authorities announced today. “This fire was caused by illegal use of fireworks,” Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said during a news briefing at City Hall Thursday afternoon. “All
Continue Reading A 44-year-old man was arrested in Murrieta for allegedly soliciting sex from someone he believed to be a minor online after a month-long undercover operation, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said today. Deputies from the sheriff’s Southwest Station Investigations Bureau conducted an operation in which they posed as a 14-year-old girl online and arranged
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A judge today set a trial date for a parolee accused of shooting a then-14-year-old girl in the head while she was riding in a vehicle with four other children in Indio. Vicente Manuel Reyes, 25, of Thousand Palms was arrested three days after the shooting on May 20, 2018. He initially pleaded not
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A youth soccer coach from Menifee accused of sexually assaulting a Coachella Valley girl must stand trial, a judge ruled today. Rosario Navarro Gonzalez was initially charged with two felony counts of a lewd act on a minor, according to court records. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on Dec. 22, 2022 at
Continue Reading A 24-year-old man was arrested after allegedly attempting to lure a minor near Banning High School Friday afternoon. The incident was first reported at around 1:45 p.m. Police responded to Central Elementary School, located at 295 N. San Gorgonio Avenue, after a female minor reported that she was being followedand harassed by an unknown man.
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A Nov. 4 trial date was set today for a former school volunteer accused of multiple sex crimes involving children in the Coachella Valley. James McCall Anderson, 36, is charged with two felony counts of knowingly distributing harmful matter and two misdemeanor counts of immoral acts before a child, according to court records. The
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Child exploitation officers and FBI units raided a home in Rancho Mirage Friday morning in relation to an investigation over child sexual abuse material distribution. At around 7:00 a.m., the Riverside County District Attorney’s office and the FBI were pulling people out of this home on the corner of Jasmine and Sunny. News Channel 3
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A judge today confirmed an upcoming trial date for a man accused of gunning down a 17-year-old boy in Cathedral City. Juan Landeros-Garcia, 25, is scheduled to be tried for murder on Sept. 17. He was arrested April 6, 2020, two days after fellow Cathedral City resident Isaiah Guerra was found suffering from at
Continue Reading Two boys allegedly targeted by a Beaumont Unified School District teacher’s aide suspected of sending them explicit images and repeatedly harassing them in an attempt to sleep with them sued her and the district for infliction of emotional distress and negligence, it was announced today. The plaintiffs and their families filed the civil action in
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A judge ruled today that a 22-year-old man must stand trial for attempted murder after allegedly opening fire at a Coachella home. Caillou Marcus Renteria and a then-16-year-old juvenile were arrested on June 21, 2022 for their alleged involvement in a shooting three weeks prior in which multiple vehicles were struck. Renteria was charged
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A July 12 trial date was confirmed today for a 50-year-old felon accused of preying on two Moreno Valley schoolgirls and trying to kidnap one of them. Rene Rodriguez Ramirez of Indio is charged with attempted kidnapping and annoying minors in connection with alleged offenses that occurred in April. During a status hearing at
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A 21-year-old Mountain Center resident accused in a shooting that injured a teenager in Palm Springs received a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to lesser charges today. Jesse Alnarldo Simpson Jr. was sentenced Thursday by Judge Gregory Olson at the Larson Justice Center in Indio after pleading guilty to evading arrest and assault with a
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Two 19-year-old men received two years’ probation after pleading guilty to multiple charges stemming from the armed carjacking of a 75-year-old woman in La Quinta, authorities said. Daryl Haxiel Urbano of Coachella and David Reyes III of Palm Desert were arrested on April 11, 2023, according to inmate records. Urbano and Reyes each entered guilty
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A man convicted in the fentanyl overdose of a 16-year-old Cathedral City resident was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. The incident took place on December 9, 2022, when Cathedral City Police Officers and Cathedral City Fire Department responded to a fentanyl (drug) overdose involving a 16-year-old. The teen was transported to Desert Regional
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office released information on a person of interest wanted in connection with the investigation into the murder of a 17-year-old earlier this year in Mecca. The murder was reported just after midnight on March 25, 2024, on the 71000 block of Miramar Drive. Deputies arrived and found evidence of a shooting
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The two suspects arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Jaden Ramos on Sunday night were formally charged with murder, which they pleaded not guilty to on Wednesday. Ramos was killed in a shooting at a prom afterparty in La Quinta Sunday night. He was killed a day before his 18th birthday and only a few
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Update 5/21 2:00 p.m. School officials confirmed the identity of La Quinta High School senior Jaden Ramos, 17, who was killed in the shooting. Ramos was set to graduate Thursday night from La Quinta High School. The two suspects in the shooting, both 18-year-old men, are scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges on Wednesday.
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